Europa League: Mourinho not happy with Zorya’s pitch

 


Manchester United coach, Jose Mourinho, has said he is not happy with the state of the pitch in the Stadion Chornomorets in Odessa.
The Red Devils are in Ukraine, for their last Group A match with Zorya and need a draw to seal their place in the knockout stages.
The game was moved due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, but Mourinho has described the pitch as ‘bad’ and ‘icy’.

“The flight was good thank you. Good and calm. The hotel is good, the stadium is good, the pitch is bad, but it is very cold and I know that it is difficult to have a better pitch,” Mourinho said, after they arrived on Wednesday.

“The pitch is hard, it’s icy. UEFA know the conditions and everybody knows that in mid-December the conditions in Ukraine and eastern Europe are more difficult, so if UEFA are worried about it, they should change the fixtures and not have the last ones in mid-December.
“The stadium is beautiful, it’s new, it’s well taken care of. The pitch is new, they’re trying, but it’s very difficult and people cannot make miracles.”